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This week on NOW:
The stories of incompetence at FEMA in the aftermath of Katrina have
become legend. How did this agency, once respected for its disaster
response efforts, become so startlingly mismanaged and ineffective?
NOW's Maria Hinojosa investigates the management mess at FEMA through
the eyes of insiders and former insiders at the agency. The report
documents the depletion of resources, cronyism, and lack of support at
the highest levels of government that have crippled the agency and
contributed to Katrina response failures.
Texans for Public Justice (TPJ) filed a formal complaint with the Travis
County District Attorney helping to begin an investigation into what
appeared to be unlawful uses of corporate funds by Congressman Tom
DeLay's Texans for Republican Majority PAC (TRMPAC). This week, a
Travis County Grand Jury charged DeLay with criminally conspiring with
TRMPAC David Brancaccio gets inside perspective on the case against
DeLay from Craig McDonald, Executive Director of TPJ, an Austin-based
non-profit which takes on political corruption and corporate abuses in
Texas.
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